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| 8.1 Goose Ruffling Feathers |
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| 8.2 Flower Mid-bloom |
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| 8.3 Flowers the Shook in the Breeze |
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| 8.4 The Singed Blossom |
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| 8.5 Within the Brush |
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| 8.6 A Baby Bud |
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| 8.7 A Spider at the Center of Its Web |
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| 8.8 A Bird with Ruffled Feathers on a Line |
The concept of my final project was
to photograph elements in my local environment that signaled the coming of
springtime. I was very interested in documenting a record of the first signs of
the changing seasons that we do not immediately notice amid our studies at the
end of winter term. This project forced me to take a few moments to appreciate
the small details around me, as well as to view the larger picture instead of
just the narrow perspective of finals week.
This project was strong because it was a risk; I did
not have much time to continue debating a theme after having already changed it
once, and I did not know whether or not I would be able to find enough clues
denoting the changing seasons. It was weak because the areas that I
photographed may not have been expansive enough to accurately document the
first signs of spring in a well-rounded manner. This also was beneficial,
however, because the purpose of the project was to document the changes in my
local environment that I would have otherwise missed for being so busy.
I went on several walks through campus and over
the footbridge into the forest toward Autzen Stadium, taking photographs of my
surroundings. I took approximately three hundred bracketed images of changes
that I saw in plant life, people, as well as insect and animal behavior. In the
end, I realized that I had learned a lot more about activities that occur in
nature when winter changes to spring that I had not recognized beforehand.
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